Facebook Wants Us Back. Will We Go?Earlier this week I met a fellow who, among very many other things, is a member of a bicycling group based where I live. Given that I live…2d ago32d ago3
Google to the News Industry: You’re Worthless.There’s an old maxim in the news business: Stories in which a dog bites a man are uninteresting. But a man biting a dog? Now that’s worth…4d ago84d ago8
Published inAge of AwarenessWhy AI Agents Will Take Way Longer Than We ThoughtThree months ago I published my annual predictions, and while I rarely revisit them in the middle of the year, I do want to note an…Mar 1827Mar 1827
What Happened to Tech’s Magic?I’ve been pondering something for a while now, but have held off “thinking out loud” about it because I was worried I might sound like a…Mar 115Mar 115
How Do You Read?Nearly every conversation I’ve had over the past month has involved some variation of this question: What are you reading right now? The…Feb 21Feb 21
Tech: Too Big To Fail?I opened my annual predictions last week by noting that the technology industry had leapfrogged finance as the most powerful political…Jan 72Jan 72
Predictions 2025: Big Tech Takes the ReinsThis isn’t going to be a normal year.Dec 30, 202428Dec 30, 202428
Predictions 2024: Grading My Own Homework2024 is in the books, and it’s time to grade my homework. One year ago I posted my 2024 predictions, fresh off a so-so showing in 2023. So…Dec 23, 2024Dec 23, 2024
Will Bluesky Embrace Advertising? Yes, But the Question Is How.I’ve been in the business of making new kinds of media companies, media platforms, and media technologies since before the Web was born…Dec 9, 202421Dec 9, 202421